There are many approaches to the Cross.  I would say that regardless of the argumentation as to which is most correct, if we get there and accept our salvation, we are right with God.  If we’re right with God, then it doesn’t maybe really matter which is more correct.

At The Cross
by Michael Romani

There are many approaches to the cross
None of these are at any loss
But each of these are at least partially right
All of these have their own points of light

Christ succeeds where mankind failed
Even as Satan thought he had prevailed
But in His apparent death, our ransom was paid
As He rose up from the tomb in which he was laid

In an expansion of metaphor
Satisfaction is reached and them more
God gave His life in restitution
To save humanity by substitution

Saved from the avenging angel of death
We draw our salvation in God's breath
There interceded by grace and atonement
We find our way to spiritual contentment

Scapegoating our sins in covenant
Was the avenging God of the Old Testament
Our forgiveness given at the Mercy Seat
But it is there that the truth of God we meet

It's here that we stand between life and death
In that severity that catches our breath
The children of God serve in our absolution
Suffering becomes a necessary part of contribution

As a need for a guilt offering for us all
Which has remained the same since Eden's fall
To be a Holy Servant is to live for God's will
And in so doing, God's truth we do reveal

Here on this Sunday morning's contemplation
We find the truth of our own expiration
To find our way again to our deepest purity
That we might we might live our lives with integrity

Lured into our pleasant moments of temptation
We push off past moving into our best inspiration
Find our paths lead to our salvation
As we walk closer finding our differences into integration

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